One day later, Xu Wei received Dong Zhuo's apology at Yanmen Pass.
Xu Wei was very happy to see these war horses and said: "Dong Zhuo is really a particular person. He said that he would pay for the Xiliang war horses, but he really got all the best war horses, which are a head taller than our Mayi war horses!"
No wonder Xu Wei was so happy. When comparing Mayi's war horses with the war horses brought by Dong Zhuo, Mayi's war horses were just mules. The difference was too obvious. Xu Wei had always wanted to get armored heavy cavalry, but steel was no longer the main weapon.
Yes, war horses are the most important thing. Without tall horses, they cannot bear the weight of the armor. So Xu Wei's armored heavy cavalry has never been successfully formed, and now the Xiliang war horses that Dong Zhuo got have finally given Xu Wei hope.
So he said to his men: "Dong Zhuo is a generous man, and we must also be fastidious. Let's get 100 pieces of woolen cloth, a piece of plate armor, and a steel knife as gifts for Dong Zhuo. At the same time, we should ask him
Are you willing to do business with us? We can exchange their specialties from Mayi for their Xiliang horses!
As long as he gets a few thousand Xiliang horses, his armored heavy cavalry can be formed!
Three days later, Xu Wei's gift arrived at Dong Zhuo's camp!
After Dong Zhuo's cronies learned about it, they came over to watch out of curiosity, and were shocked by Xu Wei's generosity. Woolen cloth can be sold for 5,000 yuan in Luoyang City. It is a rare and high-quality product. This woolen cloth alone is worth 500,000 yuan.
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The armor is handsome in shape, emitting this cold light, and you can see beautiful patterns on the sword. These are rare treasures, and they are favorite things for warriors. Wearing these armor and steel swords on the battlefield is equivalent to gaining an extra life.
These treasures are worth more than hundreds of thousands of dollars in Luoyang City, which means that Xu Wei's gift family exceeds one million. You must know that selling Situ to Cui Lie today only cost 500 dollars. These gifts are worth one-fifth of a dollar.
Situ, this is just a meeting gift. Even if Dong Zhuo's 10 Xiliang war horses are the most expensive, they are worth 200,000 yuan. They returned the gift more than five times. They didn't know whether to say that Xu Wei was taken advantage of, but it was really generous!
Dong Zhuo looked at Xu Wei's gift with great interest and said, "You, Commander Qu, want to buy Xiliang war horses?"
Niu Gui nodded and said: "After the general's war horses came to Mayi, our commander discovered that the horses in Mayi were not as tall as the Xiliang war horses, so we wanted to buy 5,000 war horses!"
Dong Zhuo smiled and said: "You, Commander Qu, are the enemies of the Han Dynasty. The purpose of annexing the state in the future is to guard against you. Wouldn't giving you war horses strengthen your strength? Do you think this general will do such a cocoon?"
Niu Gui smiled and said: "I believe that the general cannot refuse the goods from Mayi!"
Then he looked at the generals around him and said with a smile: "Which general is willing to offer his own sword to compare with my sword in Mayi?"
Niu Fu said carelessly: "I'll do it!"
After speaking, Niu Fu took out his sword and said confidently: "My sword was made by a famous craftsman in Luoyang City. It was made using Bailian technology. It blows hair and breaks hair, and cuts iron like mud. It cost me 200,000 yuan to make it."
Come out!"
Niu Gui also smiled and took out his sword and said: "This sword of mine is Mayi's standing weapon. Mayi made tens of thousands of them. It didn't cost as much as the general, only 10,000 yuan! Let's take a look now.
Which of us has a better sword?"
After saying that, Niu Gui slashed at Niu Fu, and Niu Fu immediately blocked it with his sword, and then the two of them slashed each other dozens of times.
The sound of "ding, ding, ding" not only sounded in the big tent, but after half a day, both sides were exhausted, and then they stopped!
Niu Gui confidently showed Dong Zhuo and the others his sword.
The surrounding generals took a deep breath! The gap was too big. They found that Niu Gui's sword only had some small holes, while Niu Fu's sword had turned into a saw. Obviously Niu Gui's 10,000 yuan sword was better than Niu Fu's.
A 200,000-dollar combat knife is much better!
Niu Gui handed his sword to Niu Fu and said, "I broke the general's sword, so I will give this sword to the general as an apology!"
Niu Fu looked at his saw-like sword and threw it on the ground angrily, but he didn't have the nerve to pick up Niu Gui's sword!
Dong Zhuo said: "If others give you an apology, you should continue it!"
Only then did Niu Fu take over the sword!
Dong Zhuo continued: "Will you, Mayi, provide us with such swords and armor?"
Niu Guidao: "This is natural. General, you are not worried that we will increase our combat effectiveness by getting the Xiliang war horses. Now that you have also obtained the armored saber, your combat effectiveness will be even greater, so you don't have to worry about the imbalance of strength between the two sides!"
Dong Zhuo smiled and said: "Since you Qushuai is so sincere, how could I refuse to accept it? The deal is settled like this. Not only do I want your iron armor sword from Mayi, but I also want your woolen cloth from Mayi. As long as it's from you
I want Mayi’s specialties, so I’ll use Xiliang war horses to pay the bill!”
Generals who don't know how to do business these days can't develop at all. Don't look at Dong Zhuo who took refuge with Zhang Rang, but Zhang Rang will not refuse to accept money just because Dong Zhuo is one of his own. Zhang Rang's principle is that only those who accept your money are his own.
, will help you be a protective umbrella. No one is your own person without a donor!
Thirty percent of Dong Zhuo's military expenses were taken away by the eunuchs. Without his own caravan, Dong Zhuo could not even support his troops.
But even so, he was willing, because the nobles had gone too far. Don't look at the fact that Dong Zhuo was now a member of the eunuch faction. During the Xiping period, Dong Zhuo also sought refuge with Yuan Wei, who was from a noble family. With the help of Yuan Wei, Dong Zhuo successively
After serving as the governor of Bingzhou and the governor of Hedong County, it can be said that he has become the highest position after the three ministers and nine ministers.
But the wealthy nobles were even more greedy. Not only did they take half of his military expenses, but they also despised him as a vulgar warrior. They thought that he was a gentleman and he did not share in the good deeds. He took a lot of the blame.
Dong Zhuo saw that he had no future with the noble gentry, so he took refuge with the eunuchs before and after the Yellow Turban Uprising, becoming a notorious eunuch.
There are really many eunuchs, who get paid to do things, so he can be promoted no matter whether he wins or loses a battle over the years. In less than five years, he was promoted to the position of a former general. In the Han Dynasty, he was a high minister, and he was the same as the nine ministers.
In terms of level, if he were on the side of the powerful noble clan, he would never be able to have his current status!
Of course, it cost Dong Zhuo more to be promoted. He could become a former general because he paid 100 million yuan to Zhang Rang. Therefore, if Dong Zhuo had no other financial resources, he would not be promoted, and his soldiers would not be able to maintain their status.
Such elites now!
The arrival of Niu Gui made Dong Zhuo keenly realize that he could also do business with Mayi. Mayi's woolen cloth had caused a craze in Luoyang City, and the armored sword could also improve the combat power of his men. These were what he wanted.
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And he also has the specialty Xiliang war horses that Lei Gong wants. It is not difficult for him to get Xiliang war horses at all. He is a local snake in Xiliang and has a good relationship with the Qiang people. It is easy to get some Xiliang horses.
, such a transaction is beneficial to both parties!
So after the two parties negotiated, Xu Wei ordered 3,000 Xiliang war horses before Dong Zhuo! At the same time, a non-aggression agreement was reached!
But before the deal was completed, Xu Wei hurried back to Mayi because the Xianbei people plundered the Tengjia army again.
Xu Wei rushed back and rushed to the meeting hall.
At this time, Wang Lei and other military generals have all arrived, and administrative officials such as Wang Laohan and Zhang Baiqi have also come across the country. The Tengjia Army now is not just two or three cats. There are dozens of high-level people gathered together, and everyone is divided into civil and military groups.
Sitting in two factions, it has the momentum of a party-state!
Xu Wei asked: "The Xianbei people have not been afraid, so they still dare to come to Mayi?"
Wang Ge said: "There is a drought on the grassland, and many herdsmen can no longer survive. Naturally, they will rob us of Mayi!"
Wang Lei also followed up and said: "The Xianbei people have learned their lesson this time. They no longer attack Mayi with hundreds of thousands of people, but divide into hundreds or thousands of people to attack us. When they grab something, they run away.
Our army is running away, and although we haven’t suffered much loss yet, it has seriously affected our construction!"
"Where did the Xianbei people robbed?" Xu Wei asked worriedly?
Wang Ge said with a serious face: "Chengle, Wujin, Yuanyang, Dingxiang, Xianyang, Wuquan, Beiyu and other counties!"
When Xu Wei heard about these county towns, he looked strange and said: "That's not right! These county towns are not from Yunzhong County. They came to our Mayi like this. I don't remember that we occupied these county towns!"
When Wang Ke heard this, he said without changing his expression: "Qushuai, they are not occupied by us, but the local Han people who surrendered to us! The Han people in Yunzhong County now have no support from the court, and have been repeatedly oppressed by the Xianbei people in recent years.
, last year we defeated the Xianbei people, and the people in these places approached people with high prestige and asked us to protect Yunzhong County!"
But Xu Wei doubted: "The Han people will invite us, but the Hu people will also invite us?"
Yunzhong County not only contains the forces of the Han people, but also the forces of the Xianbei and Huns. It can be said that it is a very complicated place where the three parties meet, so Xu Weicai does not want to occupy Yunzhong County!
Wang Ke knew that Xu Wei was suspicious, so he carefully told Xu Wei about the current trends on the grassland!
Ever since Xu Wei divided his cattle, sheep, and wives, the herdsmen on the entire grassland began to become restless. Last winter alone, many Xianbei people who could not survive took refuge in Mayi. Zhao Rong, the captain of Pingcheng, did not think much about it. After all, Mayi always lacked
The labor force and the Tengjia Army are from the lower class, and they don't care whether they are barbarians or not. After all, everyone is the target of oppression by the noble clans.
It's just that Zhao Rong didn't expect that he would recruit 30,000 Xianbei people in one winter! And after spending a winter, these Xianbei people really thought that they were members of the Tengjia Army. When spring warmed and the flowers bloomed, these Xianbei people
People spontaneously formed small tribes, and then occupied the pastures of the former and Lian Wangting. So without Xu Wei knowing, he had thousands of miles of pastures in the desert!
Other officials in Mayi found that this was possible, so they started to use their brains to find ways to expand their territory. They sent people to contact the people of Yunzhong County and asked them if they wanted to join Mayi.
The people of Yunzhong County were naturally overjoyed to have such a thigh to hug, and if they didn't hug it immediately, they sent their representatives one after another to beg the Tengjia Army to occupy their territory.
So without Xu Wei knowing about it, Yunzhong County was occupied by the Tengjia Army. As for the barbarian forces, it was even simpler. As long as they were told to divide cattle and sheep, divide pastures, and divide wives, these barbarians would immediately
He rebelled against his own tribal leaders and followed Mayi's soldiers to hang these barbarian leaders.
And the most pitiable ones are the Huns! Although they are separated from the Tengjia Army by the Great Wall and the Yellow River, they can go to work in the territory of the Tengjia Army!
Then they saw fields full of wheat planted by Tengjia Army, a small group of cattle and sheep, and these all belonged to the herdsmen of Mayi, especially when they knew that these were the cattle that were distributed last year.
The sheep were obtained by dividing the wives. When the news came, the Huns were extremely envious.
So the herdsmen at the bottom of the Huns secretly contacted each other, elected a representative, and came to Mayi to beg them to occupy the Huns' territory and give them pasture, cattle, sheep, and wives!
Some impatient people even killed their tribal leaders themselves and then invited officials from Mayi. Of course, there are many people who simply want to replace the tribal leaders themselves, but these people do not have high prestige and cannot convince the public at all.
, on the contrary, women killed each other because of the robbery of cattle and sheep, and in the end they had no choice but to ask officials from Mayi to support the division of cattle and sheep!
As for the matter of attacking local tyrants and dividing their fields, Mayi has done so much that it already has a complete set of procedures.
Officials from Mayi came to the territory of the Huns with a dozen soldiers and a few literate men, and then quickly divided cattle and sheep according to head count, and the pastures were also divided according to one thousand acres per household, and then Mayi's transportation team also
He followed them and helped them make houses, stables, and wooden fences with wooden molds, taught them how to stack silage fodder, and taught them how to shear sheep and exchange them for money in Mayi! He also organized them and conducted military training.
It can be said that as long as these herdsmen are integrated into Mayi's economy, their lives will quickly get better, which will allow officials from Mayi to quickly accumulate huge reputation!
So winter had just passed, and Qiangqu was horrified to find that his Wangting Tengjia Army was only separated by the Yellow River, and all the people on the north bank of the Yellow River became members of the Tengjia Army.
The Huns were already in trouble. They didn't even dare to shout at the Tengjia Army. He didn't even dare to summon the Huns' cavalry to settle accounts with Xu Wei. He could only acquiesce that the territory north of the Yellow River was occupied by the Tengjia Army!
The division of cattle and sheep has formed an unstoppable trend in the entire grassland, and has even formed a movement. The closer to the Tengjia Army's sphere of influence, the faster this movement spreads, and the chain reaction occurs again. A small half of Hexi County,
The entire Yunzhong County began to spontaneously form such a movement.
Naturally, the tribe leaders of the Hu people will not wait for death. They bring their own confidants with them. As long as anyone dares to discuss the matter of dividing cattle and sheep, they will kill them and will not let them go. However, such cruel killings cannot be controlled.
As a result of the movement, the herdsmen under them fled their tribes one after another and took refuge with the Tengjia Army. They then led the soldiers of the Tengjia Army to kill these tribal leaders and divide the cattle and sheep among their own tribes.
As a result, Xu Wei's territory expanded rapidly, from one and a half counties to less than half the size of Bingzhou.
The tribe leaders of the Hu people had never encountered such a thing and did not know how to solve it. They found that killing could not solve the problem, so they thought of solving the source of Lei Gong.
The Xianbei people were particularly powerful. When they saw Xu Wei, they divided the land to win over their tribesmen, and even let their tribesmen kill them, with a hint of fear in their anger.
It's a pity that last year's battle made them clearly realize that it was very difficult to defeat Lei Gong head-on, so they thought of their special skill-guerrilla warfare.
So the tribal leaders on the grassland gathered their warriors, in groups of hundreds or thousands, to harass the territory occupied by Xu Wei. This is what happened today!
When Wang Ge and the others took out the latest map of Mayi, Xu Wei discovered that his territory had actually entered Wuyuan County, and Lu Bu's hometown had become Xu Wei's territory!
Xu Wei patted his head helplessly. He had occupied more than half of the legendary Hetao Plain. It was a pity that the Hetao area in this era was a cold and miserable place. Otherwise, the Han Dynasty would not have left it to the Huns to recuperate.
!"You are so capable. In just over half a year, you have expanded the territory of several counties!"
Wang Lei said: "Shuai Qu, you didn't let us go south to attack Taiyuan County, and the Hu people couldn't help but attack. We didn't send many troops at all, and they came to seek refuge on their own. Why didn't they occupy the land that was given to them for free?"
Okay! Xu Wei also felt that what Wang Lei said made sense. He was surprised. The Hu people in history were not very difficult to fight or deal with. For example, the Huns had been entangled with the Han for more than 400 years. The Han were all destroyed. The Huns
The people have not yet been destroyed, and the Xianbei people are even more terrible. After the Five Husties disrupted China, the political power in the north was basically built by the descendants of the Xianbei people.
Why are the Huns and Xianbei so vulnerable when they get here?
Xu Wei thought for a long time and felt that the only possibility was to divide the cattle and sheep! This would make the Huns and Xianbei vulnerable in front of him. After all, the New Celestial Dynasty had already tested it and directly beat someone into a transportation giant.
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And he used this method to directly break the hearts of the Xiongnu and Xianbei people at the bottom, and intensified the conflict between the upper class Hu people and the bottom herdsmen. As a result, they naturally became vulnerable when they encountered Xu Wei's army.
Xu Wei looked at Wang Lei and the others and said, "Now the Xianbei people have come to take revenge on us, making it impossible for us in Mayi to develop with peace of mind. What can you do?"
Wang Ge said: "The policy of dividing cattle and sheep is the magic weapon for us to defeat the Xianbei people. I believe that the Xianbei people who fight with us also want to divide cattle and sheep. What we have to do now is to let them know our policy!"
Xu Weidao: "But the Xianbei people are erratic, how can we find them? If we don't find these Xianbei people, we will have no way to promote our policies!"
Wang Ge smiled and said: "This is also easy to solve. It is difficult for us to find traces of the Xianbei people, but the Xianbei people can find them. We now have nearly 200,000 Xianbei people in Mayi. As long as we recruit some of them to become
The cavalry, they will be our best helpers against the Xianbei people!"
"We only need to arrange 10,000 cavalry as the core, and then recruit 20,000 cavalry from the Xianbei people, so as to form a 30,000 cavalry regiment, and then march towards Yunzhong County. The rest is to watch the 20,000 Xianbei people.
If the Xianbei people want to fight separately, we will accompany them to fight separately. If the Xianbei people want a decisive battle, I believe they can't be my opponent with 30,000 cavalry!"
Xu Wei also felt that he could only give it a try, so he summoned 30,000 cavalry and headed for Yunzhong County!
After arriving in Yunzhong County, Xu Wei stationed 10,000 standing troops in Yunzhong City, and the remaining 20,000 Xianbei warriors formed a combat unit of 500 people. They pounced on the Xianbei cavalry harassing the Tengjia Army!
The Xianbei soldiers who lived a good life in Mayi were much more powerful than the Xianbei soldiers who were still slaves. This kind of guerrilla warfare lasted for a month, and the Xianbei people were beaten back steadily. They had to use large stocks to fight back.
The presence of cavalry prevented them from being wiped out by Xu Wei's warriors.
Seeing that they could not defeat the Tengjia Army, they immediately asked for help from the western Xianbei Lord Luri Deduction.
After Luri Deduction learned about this situation, he immediately brought 20,000 Xianbei warriors to support them!
The arrival of Luri Deduction boosted the morale of these Xianbei leaders. They came to Luri Deduction one after another and said: "The Han people do not follow the rules and actually divide our tribe by dividing cattle and sheep. If we cannot destroy the Lei Gong on the opposite side,
The Xianbei Kingdom will surely perish in the hands of Thunder Lord!"
Luri Deduction also knew Xu Wei's actions during this period, but he also had to admit that Xu Wei had grasped a weak point of the Xianbei people. Even he did not think of any way to offset Xu Wei's propaganda.
The only way he can think of is to defeat Thunder Lord. On the grassland, the winner is king, no matter how good the loser's policy is, no one will care!
So he said to these tribal leaders: "Send a letter of challenge to Lord Lei. We will fight to the death in three days. As long as we win and kill Lord Thunder, naturally no one will come to confuse our soldiers again!"
Zhan Shu came to Xu Wei’s camp!
Xu Wei was surprised and said: "It's actually this Luri deduction again?"
Wang Ge said worriedly: "Shuai Qu, this Luri deduction has brought 20,000 people. In addition, the Xianbei people have more than 20,000 warriors, and there are 40,000 people on the opposite side. They are more numerous than us!"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "But their morale is not high. No matter how large the number is, they are just a mob. Victory will be ours in the end!"
"I made an agreement with Luri Deduction that we will have a life-or-death showdown in three days!"
Three days later!
Luri Deduction brought 40,000 Xianbei cavalry, ready to go!
Xu Wei led 30,000 cavalry and stared at Luri's army!
At this time, Xu Wei waved his hand, and hundreds of Xianbei people came up with tin trumpets and shouted: "Brothers of Xianbei, don't work for these leaders anymore. What you can gain by helping them fight is just to survive."
That's it, any snowstorm can kill you, and most of the money you grab goes into the hands of the leader. You sacrifice your life to only enrich the leader, and the rest has nothing to do with you!
You have nothing but your life, why would you give your only life to the leader? They are not even willing to pay a lamb for your life. But when Lei Gong Qushuai comes to the grassland, he can give you cattle, sheep, pasture, and land.
Wife, as long as you abandon these leaders, you can get cattle, sheep, wives and your own pasture. Even a fool knows how to choose!"